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A select few Gargantuan fauna come: Giant Rat, Giant Wolf, Cave Bear, Giant Squid, Colossal Squid, Condor, Irish Elk, Dinosaur (giant lizards), Giant Ant, Bird-Eating Spider, Blue Whale (the big brute olympic games in todays world), jumbo hare, elephantine bird of night, Aepyornis or even Moa, Giant Clam, Boa Constrictor, Giant Wombat, Giant Sloth, prehistoric dragonfly, Giant Shark (Megalodon), Giant Octopus, Wooly mammoth, African elephant, saltwater crocodile, jumbo Ginsu Shark, giant batrachian, giant vulture.

Gargantuan creature develop naturally across hundreds to thousands of years, once food sources come plentiful. After a globe is warmly, cold-cold brute (prefer lizards), plants, & insects develop big, when warmly full-blood fauna (prefer mammalian) shrink. Once a globe is colder, like in the Ice Ages, warm-inhuman animate being become big, piece cold-blooded creature develop little. Several of the big brute that survive now come remnant of the hot & cold periods of the globe. Occasionally examples of remaining animate being come a crocodile (from either a instance of dinosaurs) & a polar bear, the world's largest bear in todays world.

A bit of jumbo animate being come legends, or even come and then uncommon, that it develop been seen sole by two or three population. However more giant creature come thought to exist as strictly local folklore & myth.

Notable cryptozoological "giants", whose being remains unproved include:

Lusca, Octopus giganteus, a sort of gargantuan octopus, (does'nt to become confused sustaining a North Pacific giant octopus etc. genus Enteroctopus, confirmed metal money[http://marine.alaskapacific.edu/octopus/], which develop to astir xxx feet within length), purportedly survive off Bermuda and in blue holes, & which develop concluded 75 foot hanker, and come B-movie staples. It is typically considered to become a origin of globsters, and inside a bit of suits can be misidentified squid. [http://www.geocities.com/capedrevenger/giantoctopus.html] Lake monsters, such as Nessie and Champ Thunderbird Large mystery cats (rather a Beast of Bodmin)

Whales
An archive of activities for students to participate in while learning more about whales at the same time.

Whale Songs
Provides detailed information about many different species, then tests knowledge with an interactive quiz.

White Whale
Short description and sketch from the Canadian Museum of Natural History.

WhaleNet
An interactive educational web site that focuses on whales and marine research. Points out all of the resources available.

Bowhead Whale
Short description and sketch from the Canadian Museum of Natural History.

Sei Whale
Short description and sketch from the Canadian Museum of Natural History.

Southern Right Whale
Short description and photograph from PBS's Secrets of the Ocean Realm series.

Whales: Giant Mysterious Creatures of the Deep
Examine various species of these majestic animals and find out why so many are endangered today.

Royal BC Museum - Whale Tails
An activity guide about whales of the West Coast of Canada. Includes a list of species, teacher and student guides, glossary, and links.

ThinkQuest: Whales
A student-based website on various whales of interest from the humpback to the unique Finless Porpoise. Suitable for all ages.


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